What Stars Are Saying About Manti Te’o and His Fake Dead Girlfriend on Twitter

According to a report on Deadspin, Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o received widespread public sympathy for the alleged death of a girlfriend who never really existed. The university and Te’o both said he was the victim of a hoax. “Over an extended period of time, I developed an emotional relationship with a woman I met online. We maintained what I thought to be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone, and I grew to care deeply about her,” said Mr. Te’o's statement. You can read the WSJ article here.

Here’s what some stars are saying about the much-discussed non-affair on Twitter:

These Te’o jokes are all very funny but let’s all try and remember that a person who never existed is dead.

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